• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “Again, I don’t see anyone saying that they’re planning to lie in order to claim fraud.”

    Everyone here has taken a lot of time to explain this to you. Here is an article that explains what is really going on.

    https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/trump-election-georgia

    This is the opposite of building trust.

    It is just “hand counting good” with you and frankly it makes you look stupid because you are willfully missing the point.

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      2 months ago

      I’m sorry for not replying to you sooner, I couldn’t find any examples of people lying to claim fraud in that article.

      I read it a bunch of times and it’s very possible that I missed it, so point it out if you think so.

      That’s why I didn’t get back to you till now.

      I’ve really tried to not argue from the standpoint that hand counting is ontologically good, but that there’s a reason why in this case, in this election, under the conditions that Georgia is and will be under, hand counting is a better choice.

      In a bunch of comments up the chain I say as much and I’ve been trying to stay consistent with that.

      I’m really not willfully trying to avoid the point.

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        2 months ago

        I did go back and look at the comments and there were people doubting hand counting. I think this is misplaced and I do agree with your sentiment against this.

        That is all fine and dandy, but in the context of what is going on right now in Georgia calling for hand counting in the 11th hour is asinine. There are many elections officials that are conspiracing as we discuss this.

        The fact that people are on here doubting hand counting is a symptom of the discord that sowing election misinformation leads to.

        This is the real issue, that we are allowing our systems to get damaged by falsehoods. Until we stop the lies things will stay shitty.

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          2 months ago

          i agree that we need to build trust in the process. I think the right way to do that is to go ahead with a hand count. if they’re conspiring to cast doubt like you’re saying, it’s the way to put a stop to that line of thinking.

          be realistic here, georgia was the subject of allegations of tampering last time around and just because of that there will be allegations this time around. it would have been better to prepare earlier but the unserious move is to wait till election night to start the hand tally.